Contract Documents Finalized!

The contract documents with Rifenburg have been approved by the Airport Commission and sent on to the FAA for final approval. Once the FAA approves the documents they will advise us that work can begin.

If you were at the airport recently, you may have noticed that survey stakes are going up around the runway. This is being done to mark critical areas where work is being done and to give reference points.

Soon, the cracks like this...



...will be a distant memory.

Contractor Chosen!

We are pleased to report that Rifenburg Construction Inc. was the low bidder for the Runway Rehabilitation Project. Their bid was within about $300,000 of our engineers cost estimates and overall their bid package reflected the ability to accomplish the project on time and on budget. Rifenburg has a lot of experience in doing work at the Raleigh -Durham International Airport so they are not new to aviation projects. In fact, you may have seen some of their work as they recently did the runway project at Chesterfield County Airport in Virginia. Check out the data sheets of their airport work on their website.

We look forward to working with Rifenburg Construction Inc. on a successful project. We are currently working on the siting plan for their temporary asphalt plant as well as final contract document.

We will keep everyone posted with a construction timeline and schedules as they become available.

Project Total Estimate $4.9 Million - Local IDA's to Help With Funding

Following the recent bid opening, the project budget estimate is now expected to be $4,988,298 to rehabiliate runway 6/24.

The estimate project funding is as followed:

• Federal Aviation Administration (95%) $4,738,883.10
• Virginia Division of Aviation (3%) $149,648.94
• Local Funding (2%) $99,765.96

Originally, the airport has planned and expected the project to be around $4.2 million; as such we had collected $82,840 of the local match. The Industrial Development Authorities (IDA's) in Pulaski County, Montgomery Gounty, Giles County and the City of Radford have agreed to help us in funding a large portion of the required local funding we were short. This will allow the project to continue as planned, with construction estimated for this summer.

A big THANK YOU to all the IDA's for their support of this vital project.

Runway 6-24 Rehabilitation Bid Schedule

We have begun the process towards rehabilitation of the full length and width of runway 6-24. The project is currently out for bid.

Specific project information and the official bid information can be found at Delta Airport Consultants website or click here.

Below is a schedule for the bid process:

Advertise for Bids - February 7, 2010
Pre-Bid Meeting - February 16, 2010
Bid Opening - March 2, 2010
Forward Applications to FAA and DOAV - March 8, 2010

We will keep the blog updated as the process goes forward.